From now on, Pastor Kisaame David will be appointed the representative of The Jason Foundation for Africa.Munich, Germany, August 1st 2016Robert Gollwitzer

Interview with Pastor David Kisaame from Uganda

Robert:
Dear Pastor David Kisaame, you thankfully agreed to be interviewed. I
am positive your input is more than needed over here. Pastor, you live
in Uganda, Africa and are the director of the Greater Grace Ministries.
Can you please explain what exactly you are doing there?

Pastor
David: I am Pastor David Kisaame, the Overseer (Director) of Greater
Grace Ministries in Uganda. I was saved in 1992 and from that time I
have been operating in my call as a Pastor/ Teacher and a Church planter
. I hold a Bachelor in Biblical studies, from a Bible School in Uganda
started by missionaries who came from Maryland Bible College and
Seminary Baltimore, USA . In my calling I have taught in Bible Schools
and in seminars, Churches and in Communities about the Word of Life. I
have also helped plant Churches in Kenya . In my calling I have traveled
to different countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda DRC Congo, Ghana,
Finland and the USA.

Currently, Greater Grace Ministries has the following outreaches:

1.
Evangelism and Planting Churches is our priority number one in my call.
Together with my team we reach villages and towns with the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. After that we plant Churches where many people responded
and appoint a Pastor for them. Currently we have over 15 Churches spread
in Uganda and Kenya.

2. Bible College training for
Pastors is another outreach. We believe that unless a Pastor is trained
he cannot be a good steward of the Word to the congregation. He is able
to preach truth other than teach heresy. So we have a Bible College
though not big. It has no buildings, but we use our Church buildings as
temporary Bible College .

Here the challenge is that we
lack land for College buildings and buildings themselves . Another
challenge here is that pastors from rural areas have no money to pay for
their theological education so there is a need for funding in areas of
scholarships.

3. Childrens Ministry. Here we have come up
with an idea of teaching young Children the Bible and the best we could
think of is to start a Christian school. By having these Children in
school the bible is taught to them constantly as they are the future
Church for Christ. However this school is in the Rural area where
education level is low and paying fees by parents is not easy so we
almost provide our services to teach depending on God's provision.

4.
Orphans. We support Orphans with all life necessities as far as our
resources can afford. We have put some of these Orphans in the Christian
school. They are kept in our homes.

5. A pregnancy
resource center. This is an outreach to girls and women who are in a lot
of pressure from their pregnancies, thinking of aborting their unborn .
This is very prevalent in Uganda though the law does not allow
abortion. But due to poverty in homes many babies are aborted every day.
So we came up with this idea of counseling these women and girls
against abortion. This office has seen many babies born in the natural
way . Our Ministry is for sanctity of life. We are anti-abortionists
because life starts right after conception and is given by God. Nobody
should terminate life only God who gave it Jer 1:5.

R: What are the most urgent needs of the people in Uganda?

P: The most urgent needs of the People of Uganda are

1.
Alleviation from Poverty. Uganda is a Third World country and land
locked. In the west is Congo, in the east Kenya, in the North Sudan and
in the South Tanzania and Burundi. So it has no access to the ocean.
This has made a great impact on Uganda by depending upon other nations.
The unemployed rate is very high among the youth. We need programs or
projects that will help especially the youth to start up businesses or
succeed in agriculture. We believe if these projects. If given funds for
supporting them are well managed, poverty can be eradicated from our
society. Since the Church is among the population it can play a vital
role in the community, by implementing these projects. In a nutshell -
Uganda needs projects. If the wealth of a country is attained, sickness
and diseases become rare, families and homes get income, illiteracy is
not heard of because every child can go to school.

2.
Health Education Programs. Most of the Uganda community live in rural
areas or villages where illiteracy is very high. That is why there are
so many orphans in Uganda. People are not taught how to prevent
Aids/HIV. Teaching in rural areas about Aids is important. Not only
that, but tropical diseases are at rampant, no medicines in hospitals,
bad eating habits and healthy living needs to be taught and if our
ministry is funded it is ready to carry out some of these programs.

R: What can you tell us about the Christian Church in Uganda?

P:
Christianity in Uganda has been going through a lot of political
upheavals since 1962 - the year it received political independence from
Britain. Wars after wars, military coups after coups, guerilla wars and
so on.

R: How is the current political situation in your country? Is there a need for Christians to be afraid?

P:
Unlike other Easter African states, Uganda has gone through a lot and
Idi Amin left a scathing mark on Uganda. However, now since President
Museveni came to power 30 years ago some relief has been realized and
peace prevails. Under such a prevailing situation Uganda is enjoying and
Christianity is growing rapidly. We reach people with the gospel and
free to say or defend the Faith . Many Church buildings are being put
up. There is absolute freedom for Christianity in Uganda.

P:
Our efforts to evangelize are done in a free and peaceful environment.
Even we evangelise to the Moslem community of which some receive Christ
in there lives and come to pray in Churches . The only hindrance for our
ministry is that we don‘t have vehicles to reach distant villages or
deep mountain areas. But as far as planting Churches and teaching the
Bible, we are absolutely free.

R: For a long time
missionaries came to Africa to tell the people there about Jesus. Now it
looks like the West needs missionaries from Africa as its own Christian
faith is going down. Do you agree?

P: With this kind of
peace for Christianity in most of African countries , many gifted
Pastors , Teachers , Evangelists Prophets and Apostles are being called
to ministry by God and since Western Countries are cooling down there is
a need for their spiritual revival.

R: In what way can the Church in Africa be a shining light for the nations? What special gifts do the people in Africa have?

P: The African Church can provide these gifted men to lead the revival in the Western World and Europe.

R: What message do you want to give to the people in other countries?

P:
I appeal to other countries, first of all to the political side . Let
governments create a free atmosphere for Christianity. God is ready to
change the lives of people as long as He is honored and given glory. If
there is good governance, Christianity can flourish every where. To the
Rich Western World: give funds towards the growth of Christianity. Give
to charities that reach the people with the Word of God and God will
bless you more and more.

Update

Today I traveled to a Village called Katiro in Budaka District to find
more about the incident of which all of us have been inquisitive to know
the where about of Moses Mutasa and Reverend Mukenya who were attacked
by a mob of Moslems I arrived at 2:30 pm after a long long ride on a
motorcycle which I hired together with its rider to take me deep in
these villages It took me 4 hours to locate Reverend Mus Mukenye . It
was not easy because people in the area were at first not
cooperative as they thought Iam an Intellingence officer from Police
who has come to arrest people because of that incident. I explained that
I was a Pastor who has come to pay a Visit to Reverend Musa Mukenye is
when they revealed his whereabouts Reverend Musa Mukenye welcomed me
where I met him and we walked to the Church premise where the Moslem
mob attacked the congregation while they were having a night prayer
meeting . He told me that a huge moslem mob of over 1000 estimate
attacked them , removed the iron sheets as the Christians locked
themselves in the building . Many were beaten and women raped , and many
injuries sustained . After the mayhem the injured were taken to the
nearby Clinic to receive medication . However some Christians have left
the area for good for their dear lives and settled in other places far
away . Among these is Moses Mutasa . He was a deacon not a Pastor ,
Reverend Musa Mukenya told me All their furniture were broken and vandalised in Church . They have made some repairing but finances not easy for them
They are also building a new Church building of which roofing is needed
and they are on their knees to complete it . I will send their budget
estimate for roofing this building as soon as Reverend Musa Mukenye is
ready with the quotations which he promised to send me I have
attached the photos of my trip and please enjoy thse photos together
with Reverend Musa Mukenye and some Christians who welcomed me . Iam
standing next to reverend Musa Mukenye Pray for peace in this area
as it is a moslem infected rural village . I saw 5 Mosques sorrounding
the Church and one mosque is less that 50 meters from this Church Pray for funds to roof their new building Pray for me as well to have a quicker means of reaching these Christians Be blessed Pastor David Kisaame

April 12th, 2017

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